[Consultantservices] RFP - Town of Cary, NC - posted on 6/4/08 @ 8:58 a.m.

[Jeri Parish]

The AICP Commission requests that entities soliciting planning
consultants follow a two-part RFQ/RFP selection procedure. Here's the
link to read a description of such a two-part process in PAS Report 443,
Selecting and Retaining a Planning Consultant: RFPs, RFQs, Contracts,
and Project Management, by Eric Damian Kelly, FAICP.
http://www.planning.org/consultant/choose.htm
<http://www.planning.org/consultant/choose.htm> 

Site Design Standards
The Town of Cary, North Carolina
Submittal Deadline: June 27, 2008

The Town of Cary is seeking proposals from qualified firms for
assistance with Site Design Standards for building placement and parking
layout.  The Town has an adopted Design Guidelines Manual that includes
seven design principles: 

*	Create human scale. 
*	Create a sense of place. 
*	Connect uses. 
*	Provide transitions. 
*	Reduce parking impacts. 
*	Plan for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. 
*	Provide open space. 

The purpose of the Site Design Standards project is to improve the
application of the seven design principles through clearly defining
usable standards, increasing consistency of staff and
developer/applicant interpretations, and facilitating creation of
desired results in site planning.  A major focus of this project is to
develop specific and measurable, yet flexible, criteria and standards
related to optimal site layout and thoughtful building placement,
especially within the Town's mixed-use centers and other large
development projects.

Key goals for this project include: 

*	Explaining the Town's seven design principles with the clarity
and measurability found in the Town's Architectural Design Guidelines, 
*	Producing high quality sustainable developments, 
*	Establishing standards that invite flexibility, and 
*	Streamlining the plan approval process by applying clear
standards that yield predictable outcomes. 

The Town of Cary is well-known for its high standards for urban design
and project quality.  Over the years, Cary has codified a wide range of
site design standards into its Land Development Ordinance (LDO), and has
established other design standards through its Community Appearance
Manual and Design Guidelines Manual.  The purpose of this project is to
create specific site design standards for mixed use centers and other
commercial centers.  These standards should consistently yield vibrant,
pedestrian-friendly, well-designed places.   

Proposal Deadline: Friday, June 27, 2008, 5:00 p.m. EDT 

Please address proposals to: 

Meredith G. Chandler, RLA, AICP 
Urban Designer/Senior Planner 
Town of Cary Planning Department 
P.O. Box 8005 
Cary, NC 27512-8005 
919-460-4983 
meredith.chandler at townofcary.org
<mailto:meredith.chandler at townofcary.org> 

 

Jeri Parish 
Advertising Manager 
Planning Magazine 
312-786-6704 
Fax: 312-431-9985 
jparish at planning.org 

 
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